You guys have a hard time understanding this project…sky is falling etc etc etc, the game is going to have a strong single player component which has been stated over and over and ignored.

This article is obviously about the MP side of it, but there are other articles that talk about what they are aiming for. I have played the tech release so far and it feels very ultima like. The only thing in so far is the conversation system which I think is a great throwback to text entered talking instead of choose a path conversations.